Recognised as Colour

#672CCB

#672CCB
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#672CCB is a violet with RGB values 103, 44, 203 and HSL 262°, 64%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#672CCB#672CCB

HEX#672CCB

RGBrgb(103, 44, 203)

RGB (0–1)0.4039, 0.1725, 0.7961

RGB percentages40.4%, 17.3%, 79.6%

HSLhsl(262.3, 64.4%, 48.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(262.3, 78.3%, 79.6%)

CMYK49.3%, 78.3%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,761,675

CSS custom property--colour: #672CCB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08997WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness94.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.5:1

Contrast with white7.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#444444

Inverted#98D334

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0057CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#0051C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.1 from the original

Tritanopia#46597Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.8:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 12.7 Dark orchid · ΔE 15.1 Dark violet · ΔE 17.6 Dark blue · ΔE 23.2 Medium blue · ΔE 23.9 Medium slateblue · ΔE 25.1

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 12.69, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#90CB2C

Analogous#2C40CB, #B72CCB

Triadic#CB672C, #2CCB67

Split complementary#CBB72C, #40CB2C

Tetradic#CB2C40, #90CB2C, #2CCBB7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#DDCFF4

Lighter +30%#BFA5EB

Lighter +20%#A17BE2

Lighter +10%#8351D9

Darker −10%#5223A1

Darker −20%#3C1A77

Darker −30%#27114D

Darker −40%#120823

More saturated +25%#5F0DEA

Less saturated −25%#6F4BAC

Channel breakdown

R103

G44

B203

Red103 (40.4%)

Green44 (17.3%)

Blue203 (79.6%)

Hue262.26°

Saturation (HSL)64.37%

Lightness48.43%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 67 · G 2C · B CB

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